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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE \V. MOORE, OF PEABODY, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSlGNOR OF TlVO- THIRDSTO ARTHUR IV. CLARK AND PERLEY P. KING, OF SAME PLACE.

COIN-CONTROLLED TESTlNG-MACl-HNE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 540,595, dated June 4,1895.

Application filed April 1, 1895. Serial No. 544,014. (Ne model.)

To all whom, it may concern: ing such that when the cross-head b isforced Be it known that I, CLARENCE \V. MOORE, inwardly the indicatorwill be projected a corot Peabody, in the county of Essex and Stateresponding distance. When the indicator is of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain new thus raised or projected, it is held raised by g5 5and useful Improvements in Coin-Controlled a dogf, which is pivoted atf'to a fixed sup- Testing-Machines, of which the followingis a port in thecasing and is held by a spring f specification. in contact with theindicator, and is adapted This invention relates to coin-controlled tosupport the latter by friction at any point machines for testing theforce of the human to which it maybe raised. A push-rod f pro- 60 m armin delivering-a blow, and it has for its objecting through the front ofthe casing and ject to provide a simple, durable, and effective engagedat its inner end with the dogfserves machine, comprising a slide adaptedto reto disengage the dog from the indicator and ceive the blow, anindicator adapted to be propermit the latter to drop when the push-rodjected by the movement of the slide caused is pressed inwardly. 6i; by ablow delivered upon it, and coin-con- To oppose the inward movement ofthe trolled mechanism for locking said slide and slides b, I employsprings c e attached at their indicator so that there can be nooperation lower ends to the casing and at their upper without theprevious insertion of a coin. ends to the arms 2 c aifixed to arock-shaft 6 Of the accompanying drawings, forming a Said rocleshaft hasan arm e bearing against 70 part of this specification, Figure 1represents the cross-head h a front view of my improved mechanism. Thecross-head Z'fiis normallyloclred against Fig. 2 represents a section online 2 2 of Fig. inward movement by a coin-controlled lock- 1. Fig. 3represents a front view of a portion ing mechanism constructed asfollows: of the casing, showing the indicator projected. 'i represents adog pivoted at i to the cas- 75 Fig. t represents a section on line 4 4;of Fig. ing and provided with a teeth 2' which nor- 2; and Figs. 5, 6,and 7 represent sectional mally engages the cross-head Z)? and preventsviews showing the slide and coin-controlled inward movement thereof. Oneend of the mechanisms in the positions they occupy bedog '6 is connectedwith one arm of a lever fore inserting a coin, after inserting a coin,which is pivoted at i within the casing, its 80 e and after the slidehas been forced in. other arm being connected by a rod with a In thedrawings, n represents a supporting vertically movable coin-receptacle ithe latframe or casing for the operative parts hereter being suspendedby the rod from the leinafter described, said casing being preferver 2.The lever t is so nearly counterbalably formed to represent a humanfigure. anced by the dog 2' and a weight 17 on one of its 8 Z) Z)represent slides fitted to move in guides arms and the coin-receptacle ton its other in the front of the casing, their outer ends arm that theweight of a coin deposited in the being connected by a padded head I) torereceptacle through a coin-chute i will raise ceive a blow from thefist of a person desiring the dog, as shown in Fig. 6, thus releasingthe to test his muscular force, while their inner cross-head b andpermiting it to be forced in- 90 4o ends are connected by a cross-head bfitted to wardly by a blow on the head 1). An inward I move on V-shapedguides or. ways b within movement of the cross-head releases the cointhe casing. from the receptacle in the following manner:

iVithin the casing is a vertically movable The coin-receptacle iscomposed of a bodyindicator 0, which is a bar fitted to move in portion2, which is attached to the suspend- 5 5 guides in the casing, thelatter having an aping rod i and a portion 3 which is hinged erture athrough which the indicator maybe at 4 to the body-portion and is formedso projected. The indicator is connected by a that its lower edgenormally bears against the cord cl with the cross-head ('1 said cordbeing portion 2, the two parts collectively holding attached at its endsto the indicator and crossa coin 5 (Fig. 6) that maybe deposited in the10c head, as shown in Fig. 2, and passing over inreceptacle. Vhen theportion 3 is displaced termediate pulleys d (F, the arrangement befromits normal position, as shown in Fig. 7,

its lower edge is separated from-the portion 2 and permits the coin todrop into the bottom of the casing. The portion 3 is displaced by alever j, which is pivoted at j to a fixed support and is connected by arod to a lever 7' pivoted at 3' to the same support. To the leverj ispivoted at 7' a dog 7' having a pinj bearing against the rear edge ofthe lever 7' said dog bearing on the cross-head b The levers j and 7'and dog 7' are normally held in the position shown in Figs. 5 and 6 by aspring 3'. When the cross-head b is forced inwardly, it moves the dog jand levers j and j to the position shown in Fig. 7, thus causing thelever j to displace the portion 3 of the coin-receptacle and release thecoin. When the coin is released, the dog 1' drops and is in position tolock the cross-head b when the latter returns to its starting position.Should the cross-head in moving inwardly pass over the dog j, said dogwill yield to the return movement of the cross-head and re-engage thelatter when the cross-head reaches its normal position.

The operation is as follows: A person desiring to test the force of hisarm in delivering a blow first inserts a coin in the chute i I thusunlocking the cross-head b He then strikes the padded head 1), drivingthe crosshead inwardly, and thus projecting the indicator a distancecorresponding to the force of the blow, the indicator being held in itsraised position by the dogf. The springs e are eX-' tended by the forceexerted, and afterward act to return the cross-head to its startingposition, Where it is again locked by the dog 2'.

After the position of the indicator has been,

noted, the indicator is released by the pushrod f and the machine isready for the next operation.

I do not limit myself to the particular details of construction hereindescribed and shown, as the same may be variously modified in manyparticulars without departing from the spirit of my invention.

For the sake of convenience, I hereinafter denominate the parts I) b, b,and b a slide.

I claiml. A coin-controlled testing-machine comprising a casing, a slidemovable in the cas- 5o ing and having an external head, means foryieldingly resisting the inward movement of the slide, coin-controlledmechanism for looking the slide, and an indicator connected with theslide and adapted to be projected fromslide and adapted to be projectedfrom the casing by an inward movement of the slide, means for securingthe indicator at any point to which it may be projected, and meanswhereby the indicator may be released after its position has been noted.

3. A coin-controlled testing machine comprising a casing having anorifice in its upper portion, a slide movable in said casing andcomprising an external padded head I) and an internal cross-head b fixedguides for Said cross-head within the casing, a rock-shat t journaled inthe casing and provided with an arm 6 bearing against said cross-headand with arms e e, springs connected to the arms 6' and holding the arme yieldingly against the cross-head, a vertically movable indicatormounted in guides in the casing and movable through an orifice therein,a flexible connection between said indicator and the crosshead I)through which the indicator is raised when the cross-head is movedinwardly, a dog which yieldingly engages the indicator and holds it atany point to which it may be raised, means for displacing the dog torelease the indicator, and coin-controlled mechanism for lockingsaidcross-head.

In testimony whereof. I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing Witnesses, this 25th day of March, A. D.1895.

CLARENCE W. MOORE. Witnesses:

WALTER PRAY, C. F. BROWN.

